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The U.S. attack on the Syrian government occurred near Raqqa , the de facto capital for ISIS, which is battling both the Syrian government and the U.S. Before that attack, US officials informed their Russian counterparts. Ozerov said the Russian Defense Ministry's stern reaction to the USA attack gave him confidence "That neither the US nor anyone else will take any actions that would threaten our aviation".

More than 100 USA religious and civil liberties groups denounced the rallies as disingenuously fear-mongering, and condemned the protests in a letter to the mayors of host cities. With the anti-sharia group inside, about 300 counterprotesters demonstrated on the front steps of the Capitol. It had similar rallies in almost 30 cities across the country, calling them " March Against Sharia Law".

The latest media reports say the obstruction of justice investigation began just days after President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey on 9 May. On Wednesday, Trump's lawyer Marc Kasowitz suggested - without providing evidence - that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had leaked details of the criminal probe.

Stuart Cundy of the Metropolitan Police said: "What is important to myself, and all of us, is to find everyone who is inside the building and return them to their loved ones". Many questions also center on the speed at which the fire spread. After having spoken to many members of the congregation as well as others who came in after the service to see him, Khan paid tribute to the local community for its resilience but said a feeling of anger remains.

When pressed again , Sekulow responded, "He's not afraid of the investigation". After host Chuck Todd inquired why the president didn't embrace Robert Mueller's investigation "if he's innocent", an attorney for the president, Jay Sekulow , began playing defense.

Upstate New York Republican Representative Chris Collins echoed a similar sentiment earlier in the day. "I own a gun; I don't go around shooting people with it", Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told reporters. "Efforts to restrict the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans will only punish those who play by the rules and will be ignored by criminals who break the law", Scalise said in a news release.

Rutherford County sheriff Michael Fitzhugh said the suspects fired shots, striking several cruisers, but his deputies were not hit and did not return fire, to avoid endangering other motorists. The arrests come on the same day as authorities all but acknowledged they had no idea where the men had gone after they apparently stole clothes and a white Ford pickup truck in Morgan County, some 60 miles east of Atlanta.

Wednesday. The fugitives each have 9-millimeter guns they took off the prison officers they killed, said Sills, correcting information he gave on Tuesday about their likely weapons. According to Sills, the pair "carjacked" a four-door 2004 Honda Civic to get away from the bus. The names of the prison guards weren't immediately released.

Seven sailors died and three were hurt in Saturday's collision. It almost t-boned the Navy destroyer around 2:20 a.m. Saturday, when much of the crew was asleep and the bridge manned by less than a dozen people. Aucoin said repairs to the ship could take months, and hopefully would be done in less than a year. When the container ship hit the US destroyer, Brayden Harden, 19, was thrown from his bunk, his mother Mia Sykes said Sunday, according to the Japan Times.

In fact, traders have remained net-long since April 19 when Oil - US Crude traded near 5336.6; price has moved 16.4% lower since then. LCOc1 on Brent crude futures had fallen 18 cents, a total of a 0.4% reduction, putting the oil price at 0659 GMT to US$47.19 per barrel.

A special congressional election in Georgia is now billing at an estimated $40 million and counting between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel, making it easily the most expensive in history , NBC News reported . Carver explained that he thinks the shooting will help Handel win because "moderates and independents" are "tired of left-wing extremism". "Because moderates and independents in this district are exhausted of left-wing extremism".

The 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) avenue is one of the most famous streets in the world, and is emblematic of Paris. As The Two-Way has reported , a man opened fire on police in April killing one officer and wounding two others. "The driver deliberately rammed the gendarmes' van", according to police sources quoted by BFM TV. Police officers and pedestrians stand by a sealed off area on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.

There was no immediate indication whether the capture of the vessel was related to a maritime incident in the Gulf on Friday reported by Iranian media. It said the boat was allegedly one of two Iranian boats fishing in the Gulf that had been pushed off course by waves. "They are from Bushehr and were fishing when they were arrested by the Saudi coastguard", said Aghababaie.

Other victims have been named by their families. "We miss him terribly, and are pulling together as a family and trying to stay strong under these tragic circumstances. Hands and Treasury chief Philip Hammond said in separate TV appearances that the cladding used on Grenfell seems to be prohibited by British regulations.

The SC, in the same order released by its Public Information Office yesterday, consolidated the two earlier filed petitions for mandamus asking the high court to compel Congress to convene and deliberate on Proclamation No. He told reporters the Maute Group "was already infiltrated by the ISIS" and that they are in Marawi to "kill, kill, kill for no reason at all, to destroy, burn, pillage, rampage, for no reason at all".

Yun met in May with North Korean representatives in Norway, and the North Koreans agreed that Swedish representatives would be allowed to visit Otto Warmbier and three other USA detainees, a senior State Department official said on condition of anonymity this week.

A US Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane after the Syrian jet dropped bombs near Syrian Democratic Force ( SDF ) fighters on Sunday, reported CNN citing the US military. Mr Ryabkov is due to meet Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, in St Petersburg, Russia, on June 23 to discuss bilateral affairs.

The latest news is that the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia plan to file a lawsuit against the U.S President Donald Trump that his business violates the U.S, Constitution. White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday rejected the claim that Trump's business interests violated the Constitution and said "partisan politics" were behind the lawsuit.

Gingrich, the former House speaker whose wife is seeking Senate approval to become the US ambassador to the Vatican, continued to defend Trump Thursday morning. Mueller serves at the will and pleasure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein , who appointed him to head the inquiry. In response to the statement, former US Attorney Preet Bharara, whom Trump fired in March, tweeted early Friday morning that "Americans should also exercise caution before accepting as true lies about firing of ...

Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sara to debut with SRK's son Aryan? With the relationship allegedly on the rocks, we wonder if Karan-Kareena's relationship will also see the same fate as that of Karan and Kajol. I am excited and look forward to hosting the 18th Edition of the IIFA Weekend and Awards. Saif, who has been ruling Bollywood over two decades now, is apprehensive about Sara joining Bollywood.

So far, 58 people have been feared dead - a toll that authorities warn could rise ahead of new figures to be released on Monday. He said five of the dead had been formally identified, and it would be a slow and painstaking task to identify the others because of the intensity of the fire.

Iran has said five Iranians , who had joined IS and travelled to its Iraq and Syria bastions, carried out Wednesday's attacks on the parliament and the shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran is a key fighting force against ISIS and other groups in Iraq and Syria, and the Sunni jihadists consider Shiite Muslims to be apostates. "The commander of this terrorist group was based in the border regions, but after the attacks left the country", Alavi was quoted as ...

This is only the second time the Queen's Speech has been scrapped since 1949. It is understood that DUP officials have sought meetings with opposition parties, including the Liberal Democrats , to take the temperature of amendments planned for the Queen's speech.

Treasury official who works at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington thinktank. Kanter and fellow University of Cincinnati physicians Brandon Foreman and Jordan Bonomo said they saw no sign of active botulism poisoning.

The Democratic Unionists is a hard-line Protestant party associated with social conservatism. May said late on Wednesday that the talks were continuing, but that a fire that devastated a 24-storey tower block in London , killing at least 12 people, had taken priority.